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FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The German Foundation for Offshore Wind Energy said the government’s decision to help finance the expansion of an offshore terminal was important for achieving goals of expanding offshore wind power.
In a statement late Friday, the foundation said it welcomed the government’s initiative to contribute to the costs of expanding the terminal at the port of Cuxhaven on the North Sea coast.
The government has agreed to finance the 30-hectare expansion of the offshore terminal together with the state of Lower Saxony and the private port industry, at a cost of around 300 million euros ($324.15 million), Radio said of northern Germany. Friday.
“The expansion of the port of Cuxhaven is a central project for the development of renewable energy,” spokespeople from the Ministries of Economy and Climate Protection, Digital and Transport said, according to the foundation’s statement.
The German government has been contacted for comment.
German energy association BWE on Wednesday called on the government to take expansion costs into account in its national port strategy to meet the country’s energy transition plans.
Transport Minister Volker Wissing said this week that the federal government is committed to its responsibility towards ports, including on a financial level.
The German Foundation for Offshore Wind Energy estimates that up to 200 additional hectares of energy-dense areas will be needed by the end of the decade just for the construction of new offshore wind farms. This corresponds to 270 football pitches.
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